I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock -- both herds and flocks -- than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.

I also accumulated silver, gold, and the wealth of kings and their kingdoms. I gathered around me both male and female singers, along with what delights a man all sorts of mistresses.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies -- just like the fool!

I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."

I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.

For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

Don't be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them.

if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!

I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.

It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

I committed myself to understand, to learn, to search for wisdom and explanations, and to understand both the evil that is foolishness and the stupidity that is delusion.

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished, - and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age-abiding, in aught that was done under the sun.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Banish sorrow from your heart, and evil from your body, since both childhood and the prime of life are pointless.